Thursday, August 23, 2012

POWER- Update on my First BOOK

OK- So… its time for an update!

As you may (or may not-if you haven’t been a follower for long) know- I am writing some books. My first series, The Descendent Trilogy is what my focus is on right now, and then I have a fairy series that will come next. I have finished POWER, the first book in my trilogy and am currently working on HOPE, book #2.

I still need to go back and revise/edit POWER book #1, one more time, but I need to wait until my fabulous beta readers get all their feedback/advice back to me. SO- in the meantime, I am working on book # 2.

You see... I have been reading SO MUCH (read this blog!) on Traditional Publishing versus Self-Publishing, and Im not going to wait around and get rejected time and again to get $20,000 for selling 179,000 books (OMG-Harlequin Fail post 1, 2, 3) If I was lucky enough to sell 179,000 books through self publishing I would get at least $300,000+, depending on the price I set for the books... Anyways, thats a WHOLE other topic.

That being said, Im actually (finally) getting serious about writing and SELF Publishing. I’m not going to read a book a day and not have any time to write. I have been really focused on my blog for the last few months and have kinda pushed my writing aside to try and get some followers. Ill probably still read 1-2 books a week, so that I can keep up with my reviews, but I am really going to focus on writing.

My new goal:

Finish the first draft of HOPE by Sept 30!

Right now im at 25,000 words, out of like 80,000.

That’s pretty good. And Im pretty proud of myself. haha. I just added 4200 Words on Tuesday and yesterday I wrote another 3300!!

So… That’s the goal, finish it by Sept 30. AND finish all the revising on Book # 1 by then too.

I finally started up a Twitter account like… 2 months ago, and Ive got a couple hundred followers now (if you follow me, ill follow you back) But now I want to start up a MrsTheresaJones Facebook page. I have a personal FB, but I post some pretty personal stuff… SO- Im gonna have an author page. When that happens, you should ALL go and friend/like my page! J

Anyways… that’s the focus now.

Ill update you when I decide on the cover for POWER!I have been working on it, and I have secured myself a GORGEOUS model (actually, she is just a great friend).

So we will mess around with some covers, and then I may have a poll on here to see what people like best!

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About Me

Theresa M Jones is just a regular small town, Texas girl. When she isn't at work at a local Medical Equipment provider, you can find her at home with her husband and two beautiful (and rambunctious) kiddos.
In her spare time- as if there ever was such a thing as "spare time" - she reads and reviews books on her book blog, and writes paranormal romance novels.
POWER (The Descendent Trilogy #1) is her debut New Adult (Mature YA) Paranormal Romance novel.